Selim III
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Gender | Male |
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Date of birth | December 24,1761 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | Topkapi Palace Museum |
Istanbul | |
Full name | Selim bin Mustafa |
Assassinated | Topkapi Palace Museum, İstanbul |
Buried | III. Mustafa Tomb, İstanbul |
Parents | Mustafa III |
Mihrişah Sultan | |
Siblings | Hatice Sultan |
Grandparents | Ahmed III |
Mihrişah Kadın | |
Rumeysa Sultan | |
Nationality | Ottoman |
Deposed date | 1807 |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 3654271 |
Selim III Life story
Selim III was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. Regarded as an enlightened ruler, the Janissaries eventually deposed and imprisoned him, and placed his cousin Mustafa on the throne as Mustafa IV. Selim was subsequently killed by a group of assassins.